The Pot TV News for Friday, March 8, 2002

POLICE ALREADY REGRETTING MARC EMERY RAIDHoping to uncover a grow-op in a famous activist’s home, empty-handedVictoria police suffer humiliation at the hands of the media and MarcEmery’s sharp wit.

HEAVY MEDIA USE IMPAIRS BRAINMore junk science, using patients on psychiatric drugs to support Drug Warlies about cannabis.

MEDICAL DOCTORS MORE HARMFUL THAN TOBACCO?Physicians for a Smoke Free Canada will meet today with Health Canadaofficials in an attempt to block any use of medical marijuana. AMMAchallenges these quacks to debate.

ANTI-215 D.A.S AND SHERIFFS LOSE ELECTIONVoters in Sonoma and Humboldt counties tossed out their incumbent DA’s andSheriffs for challengers with a more liberal line on medical marijuana.Other prohibitionists ejected as well.

MEDICAL DOCTORS MORE HARMFUL THAN TOBACCO?http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02/n391/a09.html?180

Letters to the EditorVancouver Sun

Dear Editor,

Physicians for a Smoke Free Canada recently made an outrageous claim in theVancouver Sun that “marijuana is more dangerous than tobacco.” Such claimsare unsupported by science or by common experience and cannot be allowed tostand unchallenged.

Millions of people have smoked marijuana for decades, but where are thebodies? The fact is than not one death has ever been attributed tomarijuana, nor has a link to cancer ever been shown. In fact, numerouspeer-reviewed studies have confirmed marijuana’s ability to shrink tumors.

The American Medical Marijuana Association (AMMA) challenges Physicians fora Smoke Free Canada to a scientific debate on this issue. At the veryleast, we would be happy to provide the Vancouver Sun and Health Canada withdozens of scientific studies to debunk the fraudulent claims of Physiciansfor a Smoke Free Canada. Until then, the physicians, scientists, nurses,patients and dedicated members of AMMA urge Health Canada to ignore themisinformed and unscientific opinions of these reefer madness physicians.